So I want so sum up about this build from another perspective.
I play this game just for the challenges and I have to say it fits really good this league and you can do everything with it (maybe except the feared with 100% aoe, but could just be my lack of skill).
Being able to afk ultimatum and also survive the trialmaster is crucial and this build absolutely allows you to do that even without the broken iron skin and aul amu combo. Being CI and immune to corrupted blood with a jewel is just a blessing in ultimatum (5 or even 6 affixes that doesn't effect this build at all) and the recovery from block is insane.
The only thing I miss is scaling up to really ridicoulos damage without sacrificing a lot of tankiness. a
I just hit 98 and only die to ultimatum in delirium maps with sick modifiers, so I would suggest you to skip that.
I didn't buy any gear upgrade since level 95 and sitting on about 50 ex right now, but I see no reason for me to buy the chest with iron reflexes and lose out on my amulet because I would be forced to wear aul's and t19 delis are not my kind of way I like to play... so still immortal enough.
I only played this build so far this league but I guess I will soon start to switch to a fancy aura stacker and have some fun before the league dies out.
If I hit 99 I'm thinking about using this one for a bit more tankiness, what do you think about it?
Thank you for the build and was a really smooth ride after getting the 3 core uniques.
Congrats to 98! Great!
And thank you a lot!
Yes, the tankyness is extreme. You have to invest much gear- and skillcapacities with amulet, fitting flasks, bodyarmour, mana etc., and of course a lot was nerfed already some leagues ago, ascendancy, stalwaart, shield, HoA, virulences, shaper touch, etc all were nerfed, because of broken op aurastackers, hehe, so I think it's not broken, but one of the most strong guardian and minions set-ups.
Are aura stackers still that op in soloplay like last leagues? They must be much fun too!
Iron reflexes, grace and fitting flask setup increases your defences and es/ block very, very much, with them deliriums or the feared are, mhhmm, easy and you get also there almost unkillable.
The big physical hits (these offscreen ranged hitting ones) or some others like sirus a9 critting you debuffed can still kill you until you get aul's and iron reflexes. For level 98-100 iron reflexes combined with blindings is best.
But I personally also don't have fast reactiontimes, so many lags with old pc, and don't know much bosses good. :-)
In the feared you have to kill Atziri very fast, she is a top bitchbeast and one of the few remaining real bosses for the build and my personal Nemesis too beside maven and stormdrinker in vaal-side-areas, yes. The other feared ones are easy. Choose not the most dangerous mods of invitation and when you get atziri not at last it will work.
Damage is not easy to scale up, yes. With 60 virulences and perhaps slower projectiles on gloves (your's gloves 191 es are impressing) you get a lot damage added, but loose a bit defences. Your gear with your very nice amulett is great also. Very tough decision, depending on your prefered balance of defences and damage. Very interesting!
Of course damage is also scaleable up with hatred, ee and generosity easy to 10 or to 17 mill. and more, but then the build is only as tanky as other HoA builds.
Headhunter is possible too, but I personally don't like the style of speedmapping.
For 98-100 it's not easy, you can take a bit more easy content or need best defences in high content. Some bosses like Atziri or maven do not take in that levels I advice, hehe.
I did most exp 98-100 tanking through high heists - you can take all mobs multiple 2-3 times until exp lowers- with the defensive setup and frostwall very funny and delve and maps too. But I died 4 times of own failures (forgot auras and not deactivating heist trap and sirus a8 without burning ground immunity pantheon and unique boss in vaal side area stormbringer or drinker that f#$@%^). With phase acrobatics level 97 I was still critical 3-shotted sometimes with nemesis-meteor on top etc combined.
Openess is a great mix of armour and es. With phase acrobatics very fine, but I personally would probably prefer enduring composure without iron reflexes or one more pure agony on medium and uncompromising switched on small cluster.
You can optimize your large clusters (rotten claws is great for bosses) and implicits on clusters and jewels in harvest. Belt and rare ring you can improve.
Perhaps vaal grace also without the aura is defensive an almost immortal mod on an unset ring for mapping. Manamanagement with conquerors, watcheeye and doubled blink skills are not optimal. Phase run don't share blink cooldowns when you want speed. Missing igniteresistance is sometimes dangerous and can kill in some content like delve or legions.
But overall your gear is very, very top, it's only critical on top high levels!
Thank you very much Robale!
I really enjoy it too when the build offers fun and not known tankyness and a so interesting scatisfying minionstyle in path of exile, which is often famous and disliked for 1- and 5- shots and too fast fights. Thank you! Very interesting and sorry for wall of text again, hehehe!
And congratulations to a top poeninja rank too! Extreme fine and great!
I just love your fast and detailed answers. You truely live this build :D
Aura Stacker are still broken enough but so damn costly... I guess I would try an ed spellslinger variant so I don't have to pay 2 mirrors+
The best thing about this build is that you learn about every degen ground effect in the game, because there is not much else left that hurts you.
Can I keep up 60 stacks single target without slow projectiles? Maybe I try to fit in another pure agony. The only time I can't manage to even stack up to 55 is during the 4. phase of sirus a9... so much jumping around...
I would love to do heists, but there is no challenge for it... right now I just need to delve and find another trialmaster (unlucky streak of 120 maps without one spawning).
I will try the version with uncompromising on a small cluster, thanks for the idea (:
I'm looking for a large cluster with 3 nodes to maybe even save 1 or 2 passive points. But I'm not the greatest fan of rotten claws, because a boss is such a small time of the game compared to mapping as a whole.
Was not lucky enough with harvest for implicits on cluster jewels :/
Will vaal grace work with my watchers eye?
The double movement gems have a reason. I switch out withering step while bossing for desecrate and I use flame dash to port over obstacles in maps to save a lot of time... otherwise I just speedrun with whitering and quicksilver flask. That's why it can look strange but is a good choice for me. I miss 10% of ignite right now... mabye in the harvest to get in on a cluster jewel...
Didn't know about the poe rank until you wrote that lol... but normally I get like 2-3 whispers a night and people ask about the build and I just point them to your great written guide and answer some basic questions^^
I have to give you an award Chromino, Minotaur has been my nemesis as long as I can remember - even with all of the other 'tanky' builds I've played - I almost ALWAYS die way too much to Minotaur. Too lazy to learn his attacks/patterns? Idk!
I love this tank-test-check very much with the crumbs of minotaurs tickling the long long scratching neck.
Am i allowed to make a gif and share it in the build?
And I want to take it in the spoiler "videos", hehehe!
That would be very, very great!
Of course! Do with it as you wish. Thanks again for the awesome guide. :)
Hehe, it's so relaxing watching how the double minotauriers and golemmobs knead and massage with their maces and clubs our great long strong long necks, lol, hehe, haaaach..
:-)
I added it in videos and as gif on top of the build and in some more links too! Thank you CLloyd0, hehehe!
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Having an issue finding anything with more than one of the 6 reccomended passives on Megalomaniac, should I just go for the top one and only put points into that?
This is now my very last piece of gear im missing :(
But in higher maps you miss "vaal grace" and get solely grace.
Spellblock is better, see "skillmanager" 7), or without ironreflexes physical as chaosdamage is very valuable as corruption too.
Having an issue finding anything with more than one of the 6 reccomended passives on Megalomaniac, should I just go for the top one and only put points into that?
This is now my very last piece of gear im missing :(
Heheh, you got iron reflexes? Or phase acrobatics? Will get interesting.
All these notables are very strong for the build, a bit depending on your content maps/ bosses and keynote and watcher's eye:
1. Hibernator 2. Fasting 3. Body-Guards or Burden Projection 4. Pure Agony. Slots 5 and 6 are free to choose. Best are defensive notables for 5. and 6.: Only without Iron Reflexes: Enduring Composure 2. Stalwaart Commander/ Will Shaper/ Openess 3. Energy from Naught 4. offensive: second Pure Agony 5. mysticical ward (3% more spell block and es-regeneration) 6. others like shifting shadow, dragon hunter, prismatic carapace, thaumophage, Conjured wall, Flexible Sentry, prismatic dance, mage hunter, second skin ...
When you don't find a good one with 2 very strong or 3 strong, start with one more pure agony/ cult leader on a rare cluster.
I guess only Hibernator is mandatory, i found cheap beauty on trade with:
Hibernator
One with the Shield
Scintillating Idea
It adds some tankiness.
Hi Mrkef,
it's not strong, for starting and tankyness not bad. 20% mana is very fine too.
Hibernator is great against sirus, shaper, redeemer, the hidden etc.
But you can also switch to a anti-freeze flask for them and one point next to anointed flesh, no problem.
The 3 I use in the defensive edition are strong to get a free flask instead quicksilver and bodyguards is very tanky in maps.
You can start with rare medium clusters like pure agony/ cult-leader or uncompromising/ stalwaart or self control and some others too as long as you do not find a big combo. There are thousand possibilities, and sometimes you find a bis megalamaniamariamana, hehe.
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